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Thursday, June 27, 2013

July Genealogy and Local History Event Calendar

Local Genealogy Club Meetings

Barrington, NH Genealogy Club, meets
the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm at the Barrington Public Library, 105
Ramsdell Lane, Barrington, NH http://barringtongenealogy.weebly.com/ or email Wendy at genealogyclub@gmail.com

July 5, 10am to 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St, Salem,
Massachusetts, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation,
the museum will be FREE all day. www.pem.org

July 6 and 7, Saturday and Sunday, Native Heritage Weekend at the Fort at
No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire, www.fortat4.org See the website for directions and a
schedule of events.

July 9, 2pm Everything you wanted to know about Genealogy (but were afraid to ask), at the National Archives on 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Mass. 781-663-0126. This is intended for novice family historians, and one of the most popular workshops. After the lecture the public is invited to stay and use the resources of the National Archives, and will be assisted by the archives staff. To register email boston.education@nara.gov

July 12, 9:30am to 4:30pm Free Fun Friday at the Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court Street, Plymouth,
Massachusetts sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, the museum will be
FREE all day. http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/

July 18, 6pm Everything you wanted to know about Genealogy (but were afraid to ask) at NARA Waltham - see July 9

July 19, 9am to 5pm, Free Fun Friday at the JFK Library and Museum, Columbia Point,
Boston, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, the museum will be FREE
all day. http://www.jfklibrary.org/

July 23, Tuesday, 7pm to 9pm, Genetic Genealogy: Adding DNA to your Toolkit, at the Nashua, NH
Public Library, 2 Court Street, Michael
Maglio will introduce you to genetic genealogy, which uses DNA testing to tell
just how closely we are related. Learn
about your deep ancestry or break a brick wall in your genealogy research. Free
to the public, 603-589-4600.

July 26, 10am to 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Higgins Armory Museum, 10 Barber Avenue,
Worcester, Massachusetts, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, the
museum will be FREE all day. http://www.higgins.org/

July 26 and 27, 2013, Friday and Saturday, The 25th Reunion of the Felton
FamilyAssociation, at the Felton Family homesteads (Nathaniel Felton, Sr.
and Jr. houses built 1650) at Brooksby Farm, Peabody, Massachusetts. Please contact Mary Kay Felton for itinerary,
hotel information, etc. at feltonmk@gmail.com
or see the website www.feltonfamily.org

July 27, Saturday, 9am to 4:30pm Star Island Excursion with Historic New
England, discover the fascinating history of the Isles of Shoals. Take a boat through Portsmouth Harbor and
eight miles out to Star Island for a historic walking tour. Lunch at the Oceanic Hotel. Lunch and boat included. $60 members/ $70 non
members. Registration required
603-4326-3225. Another tour will run on
August 7, 2013.

July 30, Sunday, all day, Independence Festival, at the American Independence Museum in Exeter, New Hampshire, celebrating the July 16, 1776 reading of the Declaration of Independence to the people of Exeter - (this copy of the Declaration is on display inside the museum) See the website for the schedule http://www.independencemuseum.org/aim_aif.htm FREE for events on the festival grounds, $7 admission to the museum.

July 31, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Digging into Derry: Forest Hill Cemetery, at the Derry Public
Library, Derry, NH, contact Sherry Bailey at 432-6140 or sherry@derrypl.org for more
information. Presented by TJ Culane of
the Friends of the Forest Hill Cemetery.

August 2, 10am to 4pm, Free Fun Friday at the Wenham Museum, 132 Main Street, Wenham,
Massachusetts, sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, the museum will be
FREE all day. http://www.wenhammuseum.org/

August 4 – 9, 2013, The 33rd
IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Boston Park Plaza Hotel. See the website

August 5, Monday, 6:30pm Digging into
Derry: The Portrait of Elizabeth McGregor, contact Sherry Bailey at
432-6140 or sherry@derrypl.org for more
information, Karen Blandford-Anderson of the Derry Museum of History will
discuss the portrait of Elizabeth McGregor, daughter of Molly and General Reid,
and the great-great-great granddaughter of Staff Faithful. Hear about the
family and hw the portrait was returned to Derry.

August 7, 9am to 4:30pm Star Island
Excursion with Historic New England, discover the fascinating history of
the Isles of Shoals. Take a boat through
Portsmouth Harbor and eight miles out to Star Island for a historic walking
tour. Lunch at the Oceanic Hotel. Lunch and boat included. $60 members/ $70 non
members. Registration required
603-4326-3225.

August 23, 10 am to 4pm, Free Fun
Friday at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts
sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation, the museum will be FREE all day. http://www.fruitlands.org/

August 24 and 25, Saturday and Sunday, Revolutionary War Weekend at the Fort at No.
4, Charlestown, New Hampshire, www.fortat4.org The Fortified village will be open for tours,
sutlers will sell trade goods, and there will be a muster and battle
re-enactment. See the website for the
schedule of events.

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Author of the Nutfield Genealogy blog and occasional genealogy speaker. My family research includes Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, with a smattering of Nova Scotia. Please contact me if you see your ancestors on this blog. I would love to share information. I am the former secretary of the New Hampshire Mayflower Society, former President of the Londonderry Historical Society, member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Mass. Society of Genealogists, The National Genealogical Society, and the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists.